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Adding 2003 DC to existing 2000 Domain 2
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you must run adprep before you add it
adprep /forestprep
then run adprep /domainprep
when your done with that, you should transfer at least your PDC fsmo role to the 2003 machine, and adjust your other DCs in that site to point to him for preferred DNS (tehmselves as alternates), as well as your workstations
-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging, MCSA03, A+
almost got a paragraph there
adprep /forestprep
then run adprep /domainprep
when your done with that, you should transfer at least your PDC fsmo role to the 2003 machine, and adjust your other DCs in that site to point to him for preferred DNS (tehmselves as alternates), as well as your workstations
-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging, MCSA03, A+
almost got a paragraph there
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If you have more than one 2000DC, you will need to wait for replication to take place after running ADPREP. I suggest doing it a few DAYS before the install of the 2003 Server.
If you only have one DC then there is no need to wait.
I hope you find this post helpful. Please let me know if it was.
Regards,
Mark
If you only have one DC then there is no need to wait.
I hope you find this post helpful. Please let me know if it was.
Regards,
Mark
if your DCs are in the same logical site in AD (such as default-first-site-name), then replication will occur within 5 minutes, with a 30 second offset if the upstream partner was busy at tolls in first 5 minutes (I could go deeper, but that should suit here)...and actually i think it changed again...will have to look...and it may not be public...
you'd need a good amount of DCs for it to take days and a large domain...)
the GC may take some time to parse the new attributes, but your environment is small, you can bring it in say, 15 minutes after running domainprep process
if i recall correctly, adprep causes the DC it is run on to notify its upstream partner there are changes to be replicated
i think i have a whitepaper somewhereh ill have to look for it
adprep /forestprep performs 30 or so changes to AD and needs to be run on the schema master...itll tell ya you need to if your not on it too
adprep /domainprep -cant remember off the top of my head how many..im thinking like 26 changes
if you have exchange, there is a script you need to run beforehand...cant remember the name of it off the top of my head
BTW....Win2003 SP1 released last night at 8pm
Believe it or not it looks like it's gonna be a decent SP
heres this:
and this (exchange piece):
-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging, MCSA03, A+
almost got a paragraph there
you'd need a good amount of DCs for it to take days and a large domain...)
the GC may take some time to parse the new attributes, but your environment is small, you can bring it in say, 15 minutes after running domainprep process
if i recall correctly, adprep causes the DC it is run on to notify its upstream partner there are changes to be replicated
i think i have a whitepaper somewhereh ill have to look for it
adprep /forestprep performs 30 or so changes to AD and needs to be run on the schema master...itll tell ya you need to if your not on it too
adprep /domainprep -cant remember off the top of my head how many..im thinking like 26 changes
if you have exchange, there is a script you need to run beforehand...cant remember the name of it off the top of my head
BTW....Win2003 SP1 released last night at 8pm
Believe it or not it looks like it's gonna be a decent SP
heres this:
and this (exchange piece):
-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging, MCSA03, A+
almost got a paragraph there
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